With the warmer weather luring people back into their gardens, WA Health is warning the community to protect themselves from a potentially deadly bacterial infection. Health statistics show cases of Legionnaires' disease often increase at this time of the year as people start their springtime planting. Legionnaires' disease is a severe form of pneumonia, which can occur when a person breathes in water droplets or dust contaminated with Legionella bacteria. People risk infection from breathing in the Legionella longbeachae bacteria when using bagged potting mixes, compost, mulches, and bulk soil supplies.

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